Bangor Seeks Jurisdiction Of Suit By Suspended Officer

November 30, 1990|The Morning Call

Bangor has asked Northampton County Court to transfer a case filed by a suspended police officer to the borough Civil Service Commission for action.

Borough solicitor David Ceraul says in documents filed yesterday that the borough was unaware Sgt. Ralph Falcone's lawyer had requested a hearing before the board in letters sent in June and September. As far as the borough is aware, the response says, neither the borough nor the commission received those letters.

The borough says it is willing to schedule a hearing for Falcone, who was suspended without pay one day in May over an alleged infraction whose nature has remained undisclosed.

Falcone's county court filing is premature, the borough says, because he can immediately appeal any Civil Service Commission ruling. Besides, without a hearing, the court has no record on which to base its actions, the borough says.